There should be an Off topic section where these conversations can occur. Virtually every single forum has an Off topic section.
We have such off topic not unmoderated.
The function being to cool off not berate each other with political views.
There exists out side of our page totally unmoderated forums.
The internet is literally a wash with any form of politically oriented forum and site one can think of.
By joining this forum you made a choice to operate by the set rules of conduct. The topics we discuss walk a fine line and all have a degree of patriotism to their chosen nationality. In order to adhere to the intentions of the forums founders we must from time to time stop ourselves and discard our want to voice a pure opinion. To walk ourselves back to pure absolute fact.
Freedoms of speech exist, but not absolute freedoms. Just as yelling fire in a Theater is wrong, A Liable suit can end your financial future and the wrong words to the boss will get you fired. Sometimes the freedom of speech is the freedom to choose to bite your tongue.
Since the day I joined the first iteration of this forum I was coming here to learn not hash out policy.
Since that day I like many of our long term members have at times debated deleting my bookmark and walking away in disgust at the Fanboy appreciation threads of the day. Where in the war drums are beat and the worship of either Uncle sam’s beard or the Greatness of the Chinese Communist dynasty is healed aloft to the cow towing masses of adoring echo chamber.
I have seen outright conspiracy theory spouted as gospel truth enough to make X file’s Lone gunmen incredulous.
Claims disputed and debunked regurgitated months later as new revelation. Even once 9/11Truthers and Moon landings denial. <fun times!>
Pure propaganda hurled back and forth because India vs Pakistan, Russia vs China, Israel vs Syria, IS vs AQ, Israel vs Hezbollah, Godzilla vs King Kong, Israel vs Palestine, Russia vs Ukraine, Klingons vs Gorn, North Korea vs South Korea, the US vs China, Alien vs Predator, China vs Taiwan, F35 vs a flying banana, Hong Kong protests, Iran vs Saudi Arabia, Coke vs Pepsi, western culture vs Eastern culture, AK vs AR, Star Trek vs Star Wars, Suni vs Shia, the greatness of Communism... <despite the fact it’s failed universally and enacted reforms made by those few current “Communist states”, make me wonder if the contents Carl Marx grave is stuck in a spin cycle>, Russian Carriers constantly being just a few years away, SU57 being so superior that it’s a 12th gen fighter... and so much more.
Annals of racially charged bigotry stereotypes spouted because oh it’s against Europeans, Caucasias, whites, Anglos, WASPs so it’s okay... because they oppressed us or you can always tell this group from this other. Or they still deserve to suffer for this past action that was done in the last century, or whatever.
There have been times when I wanted to unload my own quite angry reply. Yet Many is the time I simply moved off to another topic. And if really bad have hit that report button.
Other times attempted correction if I felt that what was being said was more lack of fact.
And many is the time in this decade + of being here I have seen the moderator team step up and lock a thread because trying to troll a troll is like trying to put out a house fire by misting it with gasoline.
So we are and have been a moderated forum, Because the best way to put out a house fire is to call the fire department.
